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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Callanish I Alternative Name: Calanais 1, Calanais I, Callanish West, Cnoc An Tursa, Standing Stones of Callanish, CalanaisCountry: Scotland County: Isle of Lewis Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Stornoway Nearest Village: Callanish
Map Ref: NB2128633009
Latitude: 58.197491N Longitude: 6.745336W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Jansold visited on 8th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
kateperring visited on 22nd Sep 2020 - their rating: Amb: 4 Access: 5
sba_dk visited on 13th Jul 2019 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
SandyG visited on 29th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Car parking is available at NB 21353 32799. A nearby visitor centre provides information on the stones and refreshments. Access to the stones is via a sign-posted path. Enjoy!
Swinside visited on 1st Jul 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
markj99 visited on 2nd Jul 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 The drawback with visiting Callanish in the summer is sharing the stones with lots of people. Seeing the stones in sunlight is a compensation.
alibi visited on 18th Jul 2009 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
jeffrep visited on 25th Aug 2007 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jul 2004 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
Hesperides visited on 1st May 2000 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5 Terrific site, certainly one of the best in all of the British Isles.
Richard13 visited on 1st Sep 1997 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
caroline3642 visited on 1st Oct 1993 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Amazing place, retains it feeling even with loads of people there. Well worth the effort of getting to the Outer Hebrides (I lived there at the time). Visit if you get the chance.
X-Ice visited on 18th Sep 1982 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
quietsunshine visited I have been here twice, once in 1995 with my sister-in-law on a tour which was quite rushed (have to get back to the ferry) and another time with a spiritual group in 2004 when we walked up from the end opposite the visitors center where the first view was just the stones - truly magnificent. Standing among the stones I felt as if I knew their purpose and had been there millenia ago. We were with a local expert who took us also to several other smaller stone circles in the area, but I don't, at this late remove, remember exactly which ones.
mark_a visited Visited Sept 2020
Humbucker rrmoser Bladup ESgt PAB DrewParsons Andy B AngieLake MegalithJunkie Andy B have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.85 Access: 4.62
This single stone row is featured on the Stone Rows of Great Britain website - see their entries for:
Callanish, West;
Callanish, East;
Callanish, North; and
Callanish, South.
Each of the SRoGB entries include a description, a simplified plan of the alignments showing their relationship to the stone circle, photographs of the row, access information and links to other online resources for more information. The SRoGB also gives a link to the site excavation report dated July 2016.
The site is also recorded as Canmore ID 4156 (Callanish 1) and scheduled as SM90054 (Callanais or Callanish Standing Stones) on the Historic Environment Scotland website.
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